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vault
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?lt/, /v??lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /v?lt/, /v?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt, -?lt
- Homophone: volt (in some accents)
- The l was originally suppressed in pronunciation.
Etymology 1
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *vol?ta, a regularization of Latin vol?ta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”). Doublet of volute.
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- 1636, George Sandys, A Paraphrase on Job
- the silent vaults of death
- 1985, Bible (NJB), Genesis, 1:6:
- God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean
- to banish rats that haunt our vault
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- (often figuratively) Any archive of past content.
- (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
- (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (outhouse or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (gymnastic apparatus): vaulting table
Hyponyms
Translations
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
Derived terms
- vaulter
- vaulting
Translations
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
Translations
See also
- pole vault
- vaulting horse
Further reading
- vault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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sault
English
Etymology 1
Aphetic form of assault.
Noun
sault (plural saults)
- (obsolete) Assault. [13th-17th c.]
Etymology 2
From Middle French sault, saut, from Latin saltus.
Pronunciation 2
- (US) enPR: so?o, IPA(key): /su/
Noun
sault (plural saults)
- (obsolete) A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse. [14th-18th c.]
- (Canada, US) A waterfall; a rapid. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
- Altus, Aults, Austl., Latus, Tauls, Tulsa, latus, talus
French
Noun
sault m (plural saults)
- Archaic form of saut.
Middle French
Noun
sault m (plural saulz)
- jump
- waterfall
- rapids on a watercourse
Related terms
- saulter
See also
- chutes (“waterfall”)
- rapides (“rapids”)
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